Illinois Ballot Tickets Set For November Election
Illinois Secretary of State Louis Emmerson announced the general election ballot will list Republican Democrat Independent Republican Socialist Labor and Workers Parties with the Prohibition party not filing. The ballot will be narrower as 29 presidential electors are omitted and top lines show presidential and vice presidential candidates. Agricultural and educational books and plant disease research projects are described by state officials and university scientists.
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Sux Party
Illinois
Louis L. Emmerson
Labor, Socialist and Workers (Communist) Party of America
Prohibition Party
State Department of Registration and Education
Stephen A. Forbes
State Natural History Survey
Doctor Forbes
R. B. Miller
State Department of Conservation
L. R. Tehon
Knox college staged Lincoln Douglas tableau in Old Main
On Knox college campus at Galesburg a 19th century tableau revived the Lincoln Douglas drama with Al Pierson as Douglas and Frank McGlynn as Lincoln. Attendees recalled the 1858 debates as they gathered in Old Main and on the platform before its Gothic portals.
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Knox College
Galesburg
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
al Pierson
Douglas
Frank McGlynn
Lincoln
Old Main Hall
Old Hall
Old Main
Notice of water main project hearing in South Holland
The Village of South Holland seeks payment of a cast iron water system expansion from 154th to 159th Streets and adjacent roads. The County Court of Cook County will hear the assessment of costs on October 29, 1928 at ten o'clock AM. Objections or defenses may be filed before the hearing. Commissioner Jacob P. DeYoung dated October 12, 1928.
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South Holland
Chicago Street
154Th Street
159Th Street
Woodlawn Avenue
158Th Place
First Alley
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Chicago and Eastern
Ulinois Railway
Wausau Avenue
157Th Street
Louis Avenue
Calumet River
South East Quarter
Cook County
Illinois
Jacob P. Deyoung
South Yrotene
Kettler’s Whooping Cough Remedy Ad
An old advertisement for Kettler's Whooping Cough Remedy promotes its use against whooping cough winter coughs laryngitis asthma and throat catarrh. Ernest Kettler a registered pharmacist lists 87 East 137th Street Riverdale Illinois with Riverdale 46 phone.
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Ernest Kettler
R. Ph
East 137Th Street
Riverdale
Automatic Gear Shift Success in Britain
The Daily Mail reports a motoring development of first rate importance an automatic gear shifting device adopted by a leading British manufacturer after successful tests over 10 000 miles. A driver selects a speed on a quadrant in the steering wheel, presses a pedal and the gear changes automatically smoothly and silently.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Court Suspends Sentence Over Color Confusion Horse
New Alibi New York Herman Severowitz claimed his horse mistook red for green and vice versa to excuse running a traffic signal. The court suspended the sentence on the condition that the horse be blindfolded.
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New York
Herman Severowitz
Galileo and His Inventions Draw Crowds in Pisa Lecture
The 16th century Italian scientist born in Pisa 1564 drew vast audiences to lectures on his proportional compass and first thermometer. A hall for 2,000 attendees was filled beyond capacity.
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Galileo
Pisa
Italy
Fatal Question Deaths Linked to Germs or Gripes
A fragment discusses a question about what causes more deaths, germs or grouches, touching on health and behavior factors in a puzzled, possibly humorous era. No clear events or individuals are identified.
Coolidge Opens Hawaiian Fair By Radio
President Coolidge activates a radio controlled button in the White House to open the eleventh Maui County Fair in Hawaii. The ceremony marks a symbolic start to the island event with officials in attendance and broad coverage of the fair.
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Coolidge
Washington
White House
Maui
Hawaii
Seize 5 000 Horse Thieves in Kharkov
During the last two weeks authorities have arrested 5 000 horse thieves and recovered 10 000 stolen horses in Ukrainia.
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Kharkov
Ukrainia
Loughran Ordered to Defend Title in New York
The New York State Athletic Commission has ordered light heavyweight champion Tom Loughran to start plans to defend his title immediately against challengers Jimmy Slattery and Leo Lomski in New York.
Fourteen Convicts Escape Huntsville Texas Farm
Fourteen convicts escaped from Wynne state prison farm near Huntsville Texas last week. Three of the escapees were charged with arson for burning five buildings on the prison farm.
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Huntsville
Texas
Wynne State Prison
Here
Liberia's government and officials balance race and service
Statement asserts Liberia as a republic governed entirely by negroes with white engineers employed only as nonofficial workers, not as government officials.
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Liberia
Noted Warnings On Pretenders In Montgomery Ad
The Montgomery Advertiser reflects on the gap between a mar’s words and deeds, noting the danger of overestimating a pretender while underestimating the truth about individuals who speak loudly.
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A Mar
Montgomery Advertiser
Attorney General Rules Post July Fees For Special Fund
Oscar E Carlstrom issues opinion to State's Attorney Frank Allen Jefferson County that fees fines and forfeitures collected after July 1 become part of the new year s special fund and cannot be used to cover prior deficits The question was whether post July money could be credited to a deficit in the attorney s salary.
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Oscar E. Carlstrom
Frank Allen
Jefferson County
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State Division of Highways
Morgan
Cass Counties
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Virginia
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Iowa
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O’connor & Sons
Fort Wayne
Ind
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Mclean County
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Herrick Construction Co
Carlinville
Memphis
Waterloo
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National Dairy Congress
Egypt
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Rhode Island
QO. A. Green
DuQuoin
Quincy
Kankakee
Murphysboro
Plymouth Rock
KH Broughton
Silllman J. Standard
Walter R. Kimzey
Tiinois
South Holland No
Kettler
Riverdale Pharmacy
Pullman
Earl Deyoung
Michigan Ave
Britain
Farta
First National Bank
Dalton Territory
First National
Dolton, Ill
Chas. E. Waterman
Horace Holmes
M. R. Weidner
W. H. Baker
Russel P. Blake
William Staat
Federal Reserve System
Ee Twin City Garage
H. W. Monk
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